Rodrigo Martínez Peña

Rodrigo Martínez Peña's research focuses broadly on developing conceptual approaches to understand complex dynamics of social-ecological systems. His PhD research focuses on applying the mechanism-based approach to social-ecological phenomena, such as regime shifts.

Rodrigo is currently doing research on understanding the causal relations of coupled social-ecological systems. The analytical approach consists of looking at:

• How the societal and ecological context influences people’s behaviour
• How social interaction has effects on social-ecological interaction
• How social-ecological interactions brings about phenomena such as ecological collapse or governance change

His research is part of Cau-SES, a collaborative project with the SES-Link group at the Stockholm Resilience Centre and the Hulmholtz Centre for Environmental Research.

Rodrigo is interested in connecting social-ecological theory and practice in order to promote sustainable and equitable change. He has worked at SwedBio, a science-policy interface, applying social-ecological science to case studies to inform international law on human rights.